UNICEF Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report No. 6 (Cholera Outbreak) – 12 April 2024 – Zimbabwe

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Highlights

• As of 11 April 2024, a total of 31,705 cholera cases, and 683 deaths with a cumulative case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.2 per cent, have been reported from 63 districts across the 10 provinces.
• Of the cumulative cholera cases, approximately 31 per cent are children aged below 15 years, and 14 per cent are children under five years.
• UNICEF and partners supported the Government in training of 110 facility based frontline workers, including clinicians (nurses and doctors) and environmental health practitioners. The training was on case management, infection, prevention, and control (IPC) and setting up of cholera treatment centres / units (CTC/U’s).
• UNICEF and partners have reached 263,697 people, including 121,301 children with safe water for drinking and domestic needs.
• An estimated 6,3 million people have been reached with risk communication and community engagement activities.